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Aurora and Schneider to Autonomously Haul Freight in Texas
Schneider to learn how its operations will benefit from autonomous technology Pilot designed to prepare companies for the commercial launch of Aurora Horizon
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSchneider to learn how its operations will benefit from autonomous technology\n\nPilot designed to prepare companies for the commercial launch of Aurora Horizon\n\n PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR), a leading autonomous vehicle company, and Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal provider of transportation services, announced a multiphase commercial pilot to haul freight for Schneider’s customers with the Aurora Driver, Aurora’s autonomous technology. This pilot reflects an important step for Schneider toward understanding how to incorporate autonomous trucks into its fleet to improve efficiencies and address the growing demand to move goods.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220801005057/en/Aurora and Schneider announce a commercial pilot to autonomously haul freight for Schneider’s customers. (Photo: Aurora)\n“Understanding more about an autonomous future is the logical next step to build a network that continues to deliver the best service for our customers,” said Rob Reich, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Schneider.\n\nSchneider hauls freight on over 9.3 million miles a day for America’s biggest companies, creating an attractive value proposition for autonomous trucks that can haul freight 24/7/365. The Aurora Driver will begin weekly autonomous hauls this week between Dallas and Houston with Aurora vehicle operators on board. Load frequency is expected to increase as Schneider expands its relationship with Aurora.\n\nWorking with Schneider will be instrumental as Aurora makes progress toward delivering Aurora Horizon, its subscription-based autonomous trucking product. The pilot will strengthen and prepare Aurora Horizon in three important areas ahead of its launch:\n\n\nAutonomy at scale – The Aurora Driver learns from every load it hauls autonomously. As the scale of these pilots increases, so does the Aurora Driver’s experience.\n\n\nVehicle readiness – Weekly hauls allow Aurora to test the durability of its next-generation trucks, based on PACCAR’s Peterbilt 579M, for commercial operation and deployment.\n\n\nPremium service – Aurora’s fourth commercial pilot enables one of the industry’s largest carriers to play a crucial role in testing and validating...